The Jan. 27 edition of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC – the Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in a 109-105 thriller – generated 4.678 million viewers, up 44 percent from 3.259 million viewers for last season’s comparable game (Warriors-Clippers). The game also bested last week’s Saturday Primetime contest of Warriors-Rockets by 4 percent. […]

For the second consecutive year, a Patriots home game in the NFL Divisional Playoffs was the lowest-rated NFL postseason telecast since 2009. Its 35-14 victory over the Tennessee Titans this year was the least-watched since 2009 as well. But CBS still dominated this Saturday night in all key figures, by far. (Source: Sports Media Watch) […]

Combined with its ABC simulcast (15.96 million), the AFC Wild Card Game between the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs drew 22.11 million viewers on ABC and ESPN — the least-watched NFL playoff game since 2012 (Cincinnati at Tennessee on NBC: 21.9 million). (Source: Sports Media Watch) What follows are the Live + Same […]

The Orange Bowl featuring Wisconsin vs. Miami earned 11.727 million viewers, up 2 percent from last season’s Orange Bowl, which featured a thrilling Florida State victory over Michigan (Dec. 30, 2016) and up 31 percent from the 2014 Orange Bowl (Dec. 31, 2014), the first year of the New Year’s Six. The 2015 season’s Orange […]